Peter has mentioned Concrete in the press before and this is where CTG spends a lot of their time.  Concrete is the technology that the tool team uses and improves daily via the development of plug-ins and other additional functionality.

Concrete provides the foundation for the Fable Editor, which provides a single point of access for the content creators to the game’s “database”.  It is an important part of getting assets and scripts in to the game.

Working in the tools team means I have the opportunity to work with both the content creators and the engine team.  The team is constantly trying to improve the editor and pipeline so things become easier to do… meaning more content for you guys to enjoy, as it can be crammed in to the game quicker.

Most recently I’ve been working on allowing cameras to be placed within the editor from several points of view; to allow the scripters to have greater control over the direction of the action on screen.

In the next Lionhead Diaries episode some of the people working on the tools will be interviewed about what we do and how we contribute to the game creation process.  Please comment about anything in particular you might like to know about the tools used to create Fable and perhaps we’ll be able to answer your questions in the Diary, or another blog entry